Adjustable cap



July 14, 1925. 1,545,864

J. E. TIERNAN ADJUSTABLE CAP Filed Sept. 17, 1925 gnaw m James E. HEM/m.

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Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. TIERNAN, OF BELLIEVUE,v KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 ISIDOR ZEMSKY, OI CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.-

Application filed September 17, 1923. SeriaI No. 663,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. TIERNAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Bellevue, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in an Adjustable Cap, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide means for simply, efiiciently and expeditiously adjusting the size of caps between determinable limits whereby to obviate the necessity of carrying large stocks of caps of various sizes.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the type referred to that is readily applied to caps with a minimum of material and labor.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the front of a cap having mounted on it adjustment means embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view transversely of a cap having mounted on it adjustment means embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a View of a retaining plate forming a detail.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a view of a clasp forming a detail of my invention.

' Fig. 7 is a side view of the clasp shown in Fig. 6.

The body 8 of the cap is provided along its lower edge 9 with a band 10, the free ends of which band are disposed at the front of the cap above the shield 11. The body is slit at the sides thereof, the slit ex tending upwardly from the bottom edge as shown at 12. The free ends 13 and 14: of the band 10 carry the plate 15 and clasp or ring 16. By reference to Figs. 3 and 7 it will be apparent that the clasp 1.6 is pivotally carried by the end 14 of the band, thereby permitting movement of the clasp longitudinally of the plate 15 and also permitting engagement of the angularly extending looped portion 17 of the clasp or ring in any of the slots 18 formed on the plate by striking lugs 19 outwardly from i the plate. Suitable indicia is associated with the various lugs on the plate for indicating the size of the band when the loop or hook 17 of the clasp engages: the several lugs. The clasp 16 is pivotally mounted on the end 14 by turning the end. inwardly upon itself and by sewing the inturned end on the adjacent portion of the free end 14L as shown at 20.

A suitable snap button device 21 is provided on the shield 11 and upon thebody of the cap for concealing the free endsof the band 10r The adjustment of the device 77 p is readily apparent. What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described the combination of a cap,'overlapping flexible band ends at the lower edge of the cap, the band ends each having an outer exposed face and an inner concealed face, a plate carried by the inner face of one band end, said plate carrying hooked lugs extending centerward of the cap and away from the second band end, and a ring carried by the second band end and through which ring the first band end and plate may be moved, the ring having a projecting loop for engaging between the lugs and the plate for securing the first band end behind the sec- 1 ond band end and whereby the fastening means and that portion of the band end ertending through the ring are substantlally concealed from view in all positions of the cap.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a cap, a flexible band at the lower edge of the cap, the band being provided with overlapping ends, a plate carried by one end of the band and provided with spaced hooked lugs and a ring carried by the second end of the band, the ring having an opening and a communicating looped portion therein, said opening and looped portion in the ring being adapted to receive the first mentioned end of the band, and one of the hook shaped lugs respectively, for retaining the overlapped ends in adjusted po-' sitions with the ring and lugs substantially concealed from the outside of the band.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 8th day of September, 1923.

JAMEfi E, TIERHAH 

